The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups. Al Jazeera rejected the claims.
Israel cited documents it purportedly found in Gaza, and other intelligence it gathered, in making the accusations against the journalists, all of whom are Palestinian men. It said four are or have been affiliated with Hamas, and two with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Al Jazeera said the accusations were “fabricated” and “part of a wider pattern of hostility” toward the pan-Arab network. It said the claims were “a blatant attempt to silence the few remaining journalists in the region, thereby obscuring the harsh realities of the war from audiences worldwide.”
The Associated Press has been unable to independently verify the authenticity of the documents Israel posted online to support its claims.
The Associated Press has been unable to independently verify the authenticity of the documents Israel posted online to support its claims.
No one ever will.
And I bet at least one of them had a Hamas command center hidden in his back pocket too!
Hamas Swiss Army Knife of Mass Destruction
I can confirm.
If the IDF said it, it is inherently false
Even if, and I say even if, these accusations are true: Gaza is supposedly not Israeli territory, so whether anyone is a former militant (meaning currently a noncombat) is none of their fucking business. Otherwise all but a small number of Israeli civilians would be valid military targets.
All the IDF reservists must be valid military targets then. And since almost everyone in Israel is required to serve in the IDF, including women, one could argue that there are barely any civilians in Israel nowadays. Imagine all the combatants working in hospitals, schools, universities, and so on. in Israel. Guess one can start bombing those facilities now without fearing they’ll ever harm civilians, right?
Like the other 170 journalists they’ve killed so far for casting light on the war crimes they’ve been committing. Being labelled a terrorist by Israel must be one of the highest titles one could earn in journalism nowadays.
Zionists threaten to murder six more journalists after killing hundreds already
The non-propaganda version of this headline.
Hey, there could be Hamas tunnels under those journalists!
Think of all the red barrel rooms.
This been going on for a year, if you are in a country that support Israel defend itself, please take two minutes of your weekend to write a litter to your government representative and request a change of policy because, if these government are happy to not allow truth comes out for what they don’t like next time it will be your local community or country.
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Spoken like somebody who has never encountered violence before.
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I literally respond the same way to people that talk that way about isis. Get your finger outta yer ass. Read my comment history if you don’t believe me.
Not surprising at all. inb4 terrorists spin this as “they were just terrorist journalists”
Same, am not surprise that IDF will call anyone they killed a terrorist.
